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enWomen’s Labour Migration from Asia and the Pacific: Opportunities and Challengeshttp://migrationpolicy.org/research/womens-labour-migration-asia-and-pacific-opportunities-and-challenges
<p>The number of women migrants in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region is on the rise. While migration can provide unique opportunities for female workers to improve their livelihoods and gain greater autonomy, it also exposes them to new types of vulnerability and discrimination. This brief looks at the trends and patterns in female labor migration in the Asia-Pacific region as well as key policy challenges relating to female migration.</p>
Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:18:31 -0400Migration Policy Institute15246Building Skills in North and Central America: Barriers and Policy Options toward Harmonizing Qualifications in Nursinghttp://migrationpolicy.org/research/building-skills-north-and-central-america-barriers-and-policy-options-toward-harmonizing
<p>Amid aging populations and the growth of chronic diseases, the demand for skilled health-care professionals is on the rise in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. This report explores the policy implications, benefits, and challenges of harmonizing nursing qualifications in the region, suggesting that a more collaborative approach could result in greater supply and quality of nurses.</p>
Tue, 10 Mar 2015 13:13:28 -0400Migration Policy Institute15226Destination China: The Country Adjusts to its New Migration Realityhttp://migrationpolicy.org/article/destination-china-country-adjusts-its-new-migration-reality
<p>Faced with rising numbers of foreign entries (long- and short-term), China in 2012 adopted new legislation to manage its migration flows—the first reform to the country's immigration law since 1985. With an underlying tension in the legal framework between restricting immigrants deemed unwanted and welcoming those viewed as desirable, this feature examines the exit-entry law's key points.</p>
Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:54:37 -0500Migration Policy Institute15220Integration Challenges and Opportunities in the Economic Development and Refugee Resettlement Arenashttp://migrationpolicy.org/events/integration-challenges-and-opportunities-economic-development-and-refugee-resettlement-arenas
<p>Part of a series exploring recommendations likely to be addressed by the new National Integration Plan, this webinar, with perspectives from MPI, the WE Global Network, and Lutheran Immigrant and Refugee Services, examines the role of economic development initiatives and refugee resettlement programs/infrastructure in immigrant integration. </p>
Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:10:04 -0500Migration Policy Institute15215Adult Education, English and Skills Training: Opportunities for Action and Investment in the Most Vital Integration Serviceshttp://migrationpolicy.org/events/adult-education-english-and-skills-training-opportunities-action-and-investment-most-vital
<p>Part of a series exploring issues likely to be addressed by the new National Integration Plan, this webinar, with perspectives from MPI, the National Partnership for New Americans, and the National Skills Coalition, looks at the role of adult education and English language and skills training in the immigrant integration process.</p>
Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:58:04 -0500Migration Policy Institute15211Following the Money: Chinese Labor Migration to Zambiahttp://migrationpolicy.org/article/following-money-chinese-labor-migration-zambia
<p>Migration has begun to follow the flow of capital after years of Chinese investment in major infrastructure projects in Zambia. This feature article, based on original research including the coding of 25,000 Zambian entry permits, examines the emerging migration pattern from China to Zambia, as Chinese migration to the country has increased 60 percent since 2009.</p>
Thu, 19 Feb 2015 15:24:32 -0500Migration Policy Institute15204Improving Migrants&#039; Labour Market Integration in Europe from the Outset: A Cooperative Approach to Predeparture Measureshttp://migrationpolicy.org/research/improving-migrants-labour-market-integration-europe-outset-cooperative-approach
<p>While there is growing consensus on the value of immigrant integration support prior to departure, such initiatives generally have not fully realized their potential. This policy brief reviews promising examples of predeparture measures for labor market integration in Europe that are jointly designed and/or run by origin- and destination-country actors, illustrating their potential to help effectively address some of the most stubborn obstacles to successful integration.</p>
Fri, 13 Feb 2015 15:10:21 -0500Migration Policy Institute15202The Skills of Immigrants: What PIAAC Tells Ushttp://migrationpolicy.org/multimedia/skills-immigrants-what-piaac-tells-us
<p>A report release examining PIAAC data on the skills of U.S. immigrant adults and whether there is a gap with native-born adults, and discussion of how these skills relate to key immigrant integration outcomes such as employment, income, access to training, and health.</p>
Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:51:55 -0500Migration Policy Institute15195Through an Immigrant Lens: PIAAC Assessment of the Competencies of Adults in the United Stateshttp://migrationpolicy.org/research/through-immigrant-lens-piaac-assessment-competencies-adults-united-states
<p>Immigrant adults in the United States lag their native-born peers in literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving skills, with resulting effects on their income, employment, education, and health, according to MPI analysis of U.S. scores on the 2012 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). The findings, which reveal wide ethnic and racial gaps in scoring, underscore deep U.S. social inequalities.</p>
Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:33:43 -0500Migration Policy Institute15192The Skills of Immigrants: What PIAAC Tells Ushttp://migrationpolicy.org/events/skills-immigrants-what-piaac-tells-us
<p>A report release examining PIAAC data on the skills of U.S. immigrant adults and how these skills are related to key immigrant integration outcomes such as employment, income, access to training, and health.</p>
Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:05:24 -0500Migration Policy Institute15188The Field of Migration Studies Loses a Giant: Graeme Hugohttp://migrationpolicy.org/news/field-migration-studies-loses-giant-graeme-hugo
<p>In a personal tribute published in the <i>Migration Information Source</i>, MPI's online journal, MPI President Emeritus Demetrios G. Papademetriou reflects on the life and career of Graeme Hugo, a world-renowned scholar and Director of the Australian Population and Migration Research Centre at the University of Adelaide, who died in January 2015.</p>
Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:47:43 -0500Migration Policy Institute15186Mentoring Practices in Europe and North America: Strategies for Improving Immigrants&#039; Employment Outcomeshttp://migrationpolicy.org/research/mentoring-practices-europe-and-north-america-strategies-improving-immigrants-employment
<p>Employment-oriented mentoring is increasingly recognized in Europe as a tool for advancing the labor market integration of disadvantaged individuals, including immigrants. This report highlights a number of relevant one-on-one mentoring practices in Europe and North America, focusing on the role of different initiators and stakeholders, forms of collaboration, methods, and target groups.</p>
Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:41:33 -0500Migration Policy Institute15183Strengthening Labor Market Integration of Immigrants in Europe: Innovative Ways to Prepare Migrants Before Departure http://migrationpolicy.org/events/strengthening-labor-market-integration-immigrants-europe-predeparture-measures-revisited-and
<p>A discussion in Brussels examining how useful <span style="line-height: 1.538em;">existing predeparture measures are in facilitating migrants’ labor market insertion, </span><span style="line-height: 1.538em;">examples of structural cooperation between origin and EU destination countries, and successful</span><span style="line-height: 1.538em;"> private-sector practices.</span></p>
Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:38:58 -0500Migration Policy Institute15182A ‘Freer’ Flow of Skilled Labour within ASEAN: Aspirations, Opportunities, and Challenges in 2015 and Beyondhttp://migrationpolicy.org/multimedia/%E2%80%98freer%E2%80%99-flow-skilled-labour-within-asean-aspirations-opportunities-and-challenges-2015
<p>This Bangkok launch of the MPI-IOM Issue in Brief "A ‘Freer’ Flow of Skilled Labour within ASEAN: Aspirations, Opportunities and Challenges in 2015 and Beyond" explored the creation of the ASEAN Economic Community and its vision of a freer flow of skilled labor, as well as other migration issues affecting the region.</p>
Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:43:49 -0500Migration Policy Institute15163A ‘Freer’ Flow of Skilled Labour within ASEAN: Aspirations, Opportunities, and Challenges in 2015 and Beyond http://migrationpolicy.org/events/%E2%80%98freer%E2%80%99-flow-skilled-labour-within-asean-aspirations-opportunities-and-challenges-2015-and
<p>A breakfast briefing discussing the transformation of the ASEAN region into a single market and production base, including the steps that can be taken towards fuller labor mobility for high-skilled migrants.</p>
Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:58:32 -0500Migration Policy Institute15155A ‘Freer’ Flow of Skilled Labour within ASEAN: Aspirations, Opportunities, and Challenges in 2015 and Beyondhttp://migrationpolicy.org/research/freer-flow-skilled-labour-within-asean-aspirations-opportunities-and-challenges-2015
<p>Skilled labor migration is particularly important for developing countries seeking growth and looking to fill skills shortages. How can Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) facilitate “freer” flows of skilled migration? This joint policy brief with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) explores the challenges and prospects for cooperation.</p>
Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:44:14 -0500Migration Policy Institute15154Top 10 of 2014 - Issue #9: The Points System Is Dead, Long Live the Points Systemhttp://migrationpolicy.org/article/top-10-2014-issue-9-points-system-dead-long-live-points-system
<p>2014 marked the quiet demise worldwide of the traditional points system for selecting skilled immigrants. Canada, which in 1969 invented the points system, in 2015 will join other countries in adopting a hybrid system that places more emphasis on a demand-driven system. This article examines how following the economic crisis, governments have revamped, hybridized, or ended such programs.</p>
Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:50:23 -0500Migration Policy Institute15146Digging Deeper Into Executive Action: A Further Examination of the Impactshttp://migrationpolicy.org/events/digging-deeper-executive-action-further-examination-impacts
<p>A discussion of some of the less examined aspects of President Obama's executive actions on immigration, with respect to immigration enforcement, legal immigration, and immigrant integration. </p>
Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:26:24 -0500Migration Policy Institute15142Better Work for Immigrants: Tackling Joblessness and Stunted Progression in the European Unionhttp://migrationpolicy.org/multimedia/better-work-immigrants-tackling-joblessness-and-stunted-progression-european-union
<p>A day-long conference in Brussels, co-sponsored by the International Labour Office and the European Commision’s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion, where panelists discuss the dynamics by which migrants get stuck in low-skilled work, and the role of training and employment services in helping them progress in their occupations. The conference concludes a project and <a href="http://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/labor-market-integration-new-arrivals-europe">series of reports prepared on the Labor Market Integration of New Arrivals in Europe</a>. </p>
Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:51:54 -0500Migration Policy Institute15141Aiming Higher: Policies to Get Immigrants into Middle-Skilled Work in Europehttp://migrationpolicy.org/research/aiming-higher-policies-get-immigrants-middle-skilled-work-europe
<p>This report is the final one in an MPI-International Labour Office series that examines the employment prospects of migrants in the EU (focusing on the case-study countries of the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom), as well as the effectiveness of integration and workforce development policies in helping these workers overcome barriers and ascend out of low-skilled work.</p>
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